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A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Selection for 2012 Four friends, recent college graduates, caught in a terrible job market, joke about turning to kidnapping to survive. And then, suddenly, it's no joke. For two years, the strategy they devise-quick, efficient, low risk-works like a charm. Until they kidnap the wrong man. Now two groups they've very much wanted to avoid are after them-the law, in the form of veteran state investigator Kirk Stevens and hotshot young FBI agent Carla Windermere, and an organized-crime outfit looking for payback. As they all crisscross the country in deadly pursuit and a series of increasingly explosive confrontations, each of them is ultimately forced to recognize the truth: The true professionals, cop or criminal, are those who are willing to sacrifice .
About the Author
Owen Laukkanen is the Anthony-, Barry-, and Thriller Award- nominated author of nine critically acclaimed thrillers, including the bestselling Stevens and Windermere FBI series, the Jess Winslow/Mason Burke books DECEPTION COVE and LONE JACK TRAIL, as well as the maritime adventure GALE FORCE. His young adult thriller THE WILD is currently in development with director Patrick Brice at HBOMax. A former commercial fisherman and professional poker journalist, Laukkanen lives in Vancouver, Canada, and spends most of his free time adventuring in the wilderness with his rescue pitbull, Lucy.Website: www.owenlaukkanen.comInstagram: @Owen Laukkanen Twitter: @Owen Laukkanen Facebook: @TheOwenLaukkanenBlog: www.hashtagprojectnomad.com
